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Everybody’s doin’ it. Please add www.myspace.com/gdhour to your friends!

Listen to this clip of John McCain on The Daily Show Wednesday 5/7.

“I think that [Hamas] is a transcendent evil that wants to destroy everything we stand for and believe in, and I don’t think it’s based on, frankly, individuals, as it is that they are just the exact mirror opposite of everything we stand for and believe in….”

This is extremist talk. This is not the sort of thing we want to hear from our president. This is the sort of thing we’ve been hearing from the current president, and look at the mess we are in all over the world.

If John McCain believe what he is saying, he is a fanatic and should not be elected president. If he doesn’t believe what he is saying, he is a pandering politician and should not be elected president.

A careful reading of McCain’s positions and speeches over the course of his public life shows that he is way more of a “flip-flopper” than John Kerry ever was.

We need a statesman in the White House. We need an intelligent, constructive mind. We need something other than the Republican travesty that has destroyed America’s standing in the world and is destroying its own people, too.

Is Barack Obama that statesman? I sure hope so. John McCain most certainly is not.

Pre-order the latest Donna the Buffalo release now at donnathebuffalo.com and automatically be entered to win all-access tickets to The Finger Lakes Grassroots Festival this summer in Trumansburg!!

Silverlined (Sugar Hill Records, July 8 release date) was co-produced by Joe Blaney (The Clash, Shawn Colvin) and Mixed by Jim Scott (Lucinda Williams, Dixie Chicks). Guest artists include Bela Fleck, David Hidalgo, Amy Helm, Claire Lynch among others…

Track listing:
1. Temporary Misery
2. Tomorrow Still Knows
3. Locket And Key
4. Garden of Eden
5. Broken Record
6. Meant to Be
7. Biggie K
8. Silverlined
9. The Call
10. Riddle
11. Blue Eyes
12. Beauty Within
13. Forty Days And Forty Nights

Pre-Order “Silverlined” now at donnathebuffalo.com for shipment the week of July 8!!!

Stop The Spray: LIVE!

Co-hosted by Peter Coyote

Featuring Bob Weir, Maria Muldaur, Wavy Gravy and many other Bay Area musicians
Hear from special guest, celebrity environmentalists and elected officials

Sunday, June 8th, 1-6 pm

Sausalito by the Bay
2330 Marinship Way, Sausalito

Gather together, raise awareness and tell Governor Schwarzenegger to protect the health of all Californians, all species from dangerous pesticide use and seek non-toxic alternatives to the spray. Make our voices heard: Stop the Spray!

$20 general admission
$10 Students
$100 priority seating
$500 premiere seating (front rows) and Backstage Party with artists and leaders!

For Reservations: 415 289-1001 or stopthespraymarin.org

Phil Lesh & Friends will take to the road this summer as their Summer Jamboree 2008 will find them performing at most of the major musical festivals: Bonnaroo, Milwaukee Summerfest, Rothbury, All Good, 10,000 Lakes, and the Gathering of the Vibes, along with stops in Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis, and Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Wantagh, NY. Phil Lesh will again be accompanied by his all star band featuring: Jackie Greene, Larry Campbell, Steve Molitz, and John Molo.

Joining Phil Lesh & Friends at several stops along the tour will be The Levon Helm Band. Come join the party!

Phil Lesh & Friends Summer Jamboree 2008 Tour

6-12 Columbus, OH ~ LC Pavilion

6-13 Chicago, IL ~ Charter One Pavilion

6-14 Manchester, TN ~ Bonnaroo Music Festival - Special Midnight Set

6-15 Manchester, TN ~ Bonnaroo Music Festival - Special Acoustic Set

6-17 Glen Allen, VA ~ Innsbrook Pavilion

6-19 Jim Thorpe, PA ~ Penn’s Peak

6-20 Philadelphia, PA ~ Penn’s Landing

6-21 Boston, MA ~ Bank of America Pavilion

6-22 Gilford, NH ~ US Cellular Pavilion

7-3 St. Louis, MO ~ The Pageant

7-4 Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Summerfest

7-5 TBD

7-6 Rothbury, MI ~ Rothbury

7-8 Charlottesville, VA ~ Charlottesville Pavilion

7-9 Myrtle Beach, SC ~ House of Blues

7-11 Masontown, WV ~ All Good Music Festival

7-12 Rochester, NY ~ Highland Bowl

7-13 Wantagh, NY ~ Nikon @ Jones Beach

7-26 Detroit Lakes, MN - 10,000 Lakes Festival

8-2 Bridgeport, CT ~ Gathering of The Vibes

Phil Lesh & Friends - 5 Night Run at Warfield Theater

News from Railroad Earth:

Amen Corner Pre-Order Campaign

Railroad Earth and SCI Fidelity Records are pleased to announce the Amen Corner Pre-Order Campaign.

Beginning on May 7th, 2008, the first 750 Amen Corner CDs purchased through RREs own Earthmerch.com website will include a Special Limited Edition DVD of all seven videos (compiled in one set) recorded as part of the making of the band’s new album, Amen Corner.

This DVD will only be made available as part of the first 750 CDs purchased through our site. There will be no commercial production of these videos beyond this campaign.

In addition, the first 250 CDs ordered will be signed by all of the band members.

To order your CDs, go to EarthMerch.com or visit the Merchandise Page on the Railroad Earth web site.

(Please note: CDs will not be shipped until just prior to the official release date on June 10th!)

Be sure to visit the Amen Corner Website. New videos and audio will be released through the website on Tuesday, May 13th!

Peace,
RRE Family
<>www.railroadearth.com
myspace.com/railroadearth

Reminder: we’re posting a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archive on dead.net every Wednesday. This morning’s journey through the past is GD Hour #519, with David Grisman interviewed live on KPFA July 29, 1998 introducing the Garcia-Grisman CD So What.

The results of the Indiana primary may have rendered it moot, but Hillary Clinton lost me for good when George Stephanopoulos asked her to name a single economist who thinks a “gas tax holiday” would work, and she replied: “I’m not going to put my lot in with economists.”

This country is in terrible, terrible condition on so many fronts after seven years of rule by an ideologue/numbskull who ignored reality and siphoned zillions of dollars to cronies and parasites. Clinton’s embrace of know-nothingdom is the final nail in the coffin of her credibility as a politician and as a citizen.

Obama’s victory in North Carolina yesterday was predicted; Indiana was supposed to be Clinton’s by some greater or lesser margin. She won Indiana, but not by much.

The Clinton spinmeisters have moved the goal posts so many times there isn’t any place to sink ‘em in any more, but by pretty much any measure, the outcome of the Indiana primary should put the race to an end. Let’s hope she has the decency to quit now so we can get on with the business of preventing a third Bush term.

From GDTSToo:

Bill Kreutzmann with Oteil Burbridge, Bass and Scott Murawski, Guitar
will play the following shows:

Wednesday, May 28 at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, Providence, RI.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
All ages welcome. This is a General Admission show.
Mail order tickets are available at $18.00 per ticket.
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Thursday, May 29 at the State Theatre, Falls Church, VA.
Doors open at 7:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
Age limit: 18 and older. General Admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $24.00 per ticket.
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Saturday, May 31 at the Recher Theater, Towson, MD.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
All ages welcome. General Admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $24.00 per ticket.
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Thursday, June 5 at the Roxy, Boston, MA.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
21 and older only. General Admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $20.50 per ticket.
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Thursday, June 6 at Toad’s Place, New Haven, CT.
Doors open at 8:00 PM. Show time is 9:00 PM.
All ages welcome. General Admission.
Mail order tickets are available at $18.00 per ticket (price?)
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All these shows are for will/call only.
A few more shows with this band will be posted soon.
First post mark dates for the 5 shows in his post will be
Wednesday, May 7 through Monday, May 11.
As per usual mail order will remain open for these shows
beyond those dates.
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Tickets for all shows with Bob Weir and RatDog, and
Mickey Hart are still available.

The Crew of GDTSTOO
May 6, 2008

Some music from the Rubber Souldiers rehearsal Tuesday 5/6:

Girl
I Feel Fine
Dr Robert
Paperback Writer
Rain

The show is Wednesday 5/7, 8pm at the Iron Springs Pub and Brewery, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax CA. No cover! Come early and have a great meal before the show!

David Gans - guitar and vocals; Lorin Rowan - guitar and vocals; Chris Rowan - 12 string guitar and vocals

Robin Sylvester on bass and vocals (he’s not on the rehearsal recording, but he’ll be at the gig!)

PLUS possibly some other special guests!